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CVE-2000-1184

nvd nist
Published: Jan 9, 2001Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying an arbitrary large file in the TERMCAP environmental variable, which consumes resources as the server processes the file.

Affected (5)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd
Freebsd
1 product
Freebsd
Configuration A
5 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Freebsd
Freebsd
Version 3.0
Freebsd
Version 3.5.1 stable
Freebsd
Version 4.0
Freebsd
Version 4.1.1
Freebsd
Version 4.1

References (6)

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:69.telnetd.v1.1.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:69.telnetd.v1.1.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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